[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2517]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             SEQUESTRATION

  (Mr. HANNA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HANNA. Mr. Speaker, last Friday, sequestration went into effect. 
The House has passed two plans to replace sequestration with smarter, 
targeted spending cuts. Unfortunately, the Senate has not approved a 
plan. We desperately need to cut spending, but sequestration is an 
extremely poor way to do it.
  Where I'm from in upstate New York, it means taking an ax to 
cybersecurity precisely when we need it the most. It means furloughing 
the men and women who make sure that our Armed Forces get paid. It also 
means slashing education programs that make our country more 
competitive.
  We need to make tough, smart choices and reduce spending now so that 
we don't hand our children the most regressive tax there is--an immoral 
national debt approaching $17 trillion. There is no reason and should 
be no reason why both sides can't agree on cutting $85 billion. Mr. 
Speaker, we need to replace this sequestration with responsible cuts 
and reforms. Let's do it as soon as possible.

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